04.06.2026 à 20:50
Italie : relancer la bataille des idées à gauche
Le 11 mai 2026, Stéfanie Prezioso s'est entretenue avec Salvatore Cannavò, engagé dans la rédaction de Jacobin Italia, collaborateur du Fatto quotidiano et directeur de la maison d'édition Alegre. Au centre de la discussion : comment la gauche de gauche peut-elle reprendre pied en Italie ?
Stéfanie Prezioso : Giorgia Meloni semble aujourd'hui fragilisée à l'intérieur du pays, après l'échec du référendum sur la justice, mais aussi à l'extérieur — tensions avec Donald Trump, échec d'Orbán en (…)
04.06.2026 à 20:27
Ernest Mandel, Ernesto Che Guevara, Revolutionary Cuba, and the Debates on the Transition to Socialism
Introduction
The 20th century was marked by victories of social revolutions with a socialist character: in the Czarist empire in 1917, Yugoslavia in 1945, China in 1949, Vietnam in 1954 and 1975, Cuba in 1959, Algeria in 1962, and Nicaragua in 1979. This sparked major public debates among revolutionaries in these countries over the most effective way to achieve a transition from capitalism to socialism. Between 1918 and 1926–1927, this was especially the case in Soviet Russia and the USSR, (…)
04.06.2026 à 12:25
“Surprise” election result poses new challenges for the left in Colombia
The clashes over the next 20 days on the streets, in workplaces and on social media in Colombia will determine not only the name of the country's new president – between a neo-fascist and a progressive – but also, to a large extent, the balance of power in South America. The Colombian presidential elections, with a second round on 21 June, are a precursor to the Brazilian elections in November and are of central importance to the construction of Trump's “shield” on the continent.
Bogotá – (…)
04.06.2026 à 11:26
Cuba Is Being Punished for Surviving
The United States is not indicting Raúl Castro because it has suddenly developed a concern for an incident that occurred nearly thirty years ago. If justice were the driving principle, the timing would be difficult to explain. Why is this happening now, when Cuba is experiencing its most severe economic crisis in decades? Why now, when power cuts have become a feature of daily life, hospitals are struggling with shortages, and hundreds of thousands of Cubans have left the island in search of (…)
- Cuba / CASTRO Raúl, Monroe doctrine, History (past), BATISTA Fulgencio, 1959, Cuban Revolution, Regime change politics, Lawfare, Sanctions, Crisis (socio-economic), Blockade / Siege04.06.2026 à 00:24
Is the War in Ukraine at a Turning Point?
Ukraine's systematic drone campaign against Russian oil refineries and fuel depots is now forcing export bans, rationing and spreading shortages on the Russian dide. Meanwhile a new military-industrial dynamic, joint Ukrainian-European arms production based on Ukrainian designs, is shifting the balance of supply on the Ukrainian side. Against this backdrop, Mikael Hertoft surveys the state of the war as of early June 2026, examines Russia's collapsing territorial gains despite undiminished (…)
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